Fishers struggle as Gwadar port grows

Fishers struggle as Gwadar port grows

Friday 12 June was a hot day in the south-western Pakistani city of Gwadar. Shamsul Haq Kalmati went to the beach for his usual morning walk but was shocked by something new. “My friend noticed something wrong and told me to look at the bottom of my shoes. They were covered in oil,” he says. “Looking around, we realised it was not just my shoes.” The city’s entire coast was coated with dark oil. Local officials warned the 20 kilometre-long slick…